Computer Can't Find Netgear WNDR4300 Router

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Just bought a new Netgear wireless router to act as a wireless access point behind my Verizon Fios router/modem. My computer (Windows 7 Home Premium) connected to it just fine yesterday but today it won't even detect it. It keeps saying "Unidentified Network." I've tried resetting the router to factory default several times. There's nothing else plugged into it when I try to connect, just my computer. Nothing will connect to it wirelessly either. It gets to "Acquiring IP Address" and never goes beyond that point.
 
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In the Netgear you need to turn off the DHCP, connect the two main router to Netgear) LAN to LAN port, give the Netgear a static address that is in the network range but outside the DHCP range of the main router (you also need to enter that static address in the main router static table). Then just set up your radios and security and you will be good to go. What you are doing is turning the Netgear into a wireless AP. If you leave the main router wireless turned on, use different channels on the Netgear.

When you make the changes to the Netgear you will need to do it from an Ethernet attached computer, and it is usually best to set the new static IP address last because you will then have to login to it using that address instead of...
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In the Netgear you need to turn off the DHCP, connect the two main router to Netgear) LAN to LAN port, give the Netgear a static address that is in the network range but outside the DHCP range of the main router (you also need to enter that static address in the main router static table). Then just set up your radios and security and you will be good to go. What you are doing is turning the Netgear into a wireless AP. If you leave the main router wireless turned on, use different channels on the Netgear.

When you make the changes to the Netgear you will need to do it from an Ethernet attached computer, and it is usually best to set the new static IP address last because you will then have to login to it using that address instead of the old default.

Example, if the Verizon is 192.168.1.1, make the Netgear static at 192.168.1.2, and start the Verizon DHCP range at 192.168.1.3 - up to max of .254.
 
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I got it working in a similar manner to what you outlined, only now my two wired computers are showing up as having static IP addresses on the Verizon router. Neither one of them is configured for a static IP address. Weird.
 
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I checked both computers this morning and they are indeed configured to obtain IP addresses dynamically. I then looked at the Verizon router, and everything is as it should be: Netgear router; static IP and the two wired computers are both showing DHCP now. Go figure. This Verizon router has always acted screwy, that's why I wanted a better one to handle the wireless connections. Thanks for your help.
 
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